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20 Cards in this Set
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Antics |
Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or action. |
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Avowed |
Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged. |
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Banter |
( v. ) - To exchange playful remarks, tease ( n. ) - Talk that is playful and teasing |
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Bountiful |
Giving freely, generous, plentiful, given abundantly |
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Congested |
Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess. |
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Detriment |
Harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage. |
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Durable |
( adj. ) - Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time. ( n. ) - Consumer good s used repeatedly over a series of years. |
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Enterprising |
Energetic, willing and able to start something new, showing boldness and imagination. |
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Frugal |
Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty. poor, meager. |
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Gingerly |
With extreme care and caution |
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Glut |
( v. ) - To provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing ( n. ) - An oversupply |
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Incognito |
( adj. , adv. ) - In a disguised state, uder an assumed name or identity ( n. ) - The state of being disguised; a person in disguise |
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Invalidate |
To make valueless, take away all force or effect. |
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Legendary |
Described in well-known stories, existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life. |
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Maim |
To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate. |
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Minimize |
To make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before. |
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Oblique |
Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct |
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Veer |
To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve |
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Venerate |
To regard with reverence, look up with great respect. |
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Wanton |
( adj. ) - Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable loose in morals ( n. ) - A spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals |
